1 Samuel 1:21

Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the Lord

1:21 This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow,

1 Samuel 2:23

2:23 He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these ¹  people.

1 Samuel 4:5

4:5 When the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly ²  that the ground shook.

1 Samuel 7:13

7:13 So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

1 Samuel 7:16

7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, ³  Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

1 Samuel 11:1

Saul Comes to the Aid of Jabesh

11:1 ⁴ Nahash ⁵  the Ammonite marched ⁶  against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.”

1 Samuel 14:7

14:7 His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is on your mind. ⁷  Do as you’re inclined. I’m with you all the way!” ⁸ 

1 Samuel 14:20

14:20 Saul and all the army that was with him assembled and marched into battle, where they found ⁹  the Philistines in total panic killing one another with their swords. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life

19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 19:18

19:18 Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.

1 Samuel 25:1

The Death of Samuel

25:1 Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the desert of Paran. ¹² 

1 Samuel 25:30

25:30 The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, ¹³  and he will make ¹⁴  you a leader over Israel.

1 Samuel 31:6

31:6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.

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¹ tc For “these” the LXX has “of the Lord” (κυρίου, kuriou), perhaps through the influence of the final phrase of v. 24 (“the people of the Lord”). Somewhat less likely is the view that the MT reading is due to a distorted dittography of the first word of v. 24. The Vulgate lacks the word.

² tn Heb “shouted [with] a great shout.”

³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁴ tc 4QSam^a and Josephus (Ant. 6.68-71) attest to a longer form of text at this point. The addition explains Nahash’s practice of enemy mutilation, and by so doing provides a smoother transition to the following paragraph than is found in the MT. The NRSV adopts this reading, with the following English translation: “Now Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the Gadites and the Reubenites. He would gouge out the right eye of each of them and would not grant Israel a deliverer. No one was left of the Israelites across the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. But there were seven thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites and had entered Jabesh-gilead.” This reading should not be lightly dismissed; it may in fact provide a text superior to that of the MT and the ancient versions. But the external evidence for it is so limited as to induce caution; the present translation instead follows the MT. However, for a reasonable case for including this reading in the text see the discussions in P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 199, and R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 103.

⁵ sn The name “Nahash” means “serpent” in Hebrew.

⁶ tn Heb “went up and camped”; NIV, NRSV “went up and besieged.”

⁷ tn Heb “in your heart.”

⁸ tn Heb “Look, I am with you, according to your heart.” See the note at 13:14.

⁹ tn Heb “and look, there was”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the sword of a man against his companion, a very great panic.”

¹¹ tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

¹² tc The LXX reads “Maon” here instead of “Paran,” perhaps because the following account of Nabal is said to be in Maon (v. 2). This reading is followed by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT). The MT, however, reads “Paran,” a location which would parallel this portion of David’s life with that of the nation Israel which also spent time in Paran (Num 10:12). Also, the desert of Paran was on the southern border of Judah’s territory and would be the most isolated location for hiding from Saul.

¹³ tn Heb “according to all which he spoke, the good concerning you.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “appoint.”